Welcome to Blackpast

Welcome to BlackPast

This 6,000 page reference center is dedicated to providing information to the general public on African American history and the history of more than one billion people of African ancestry around the world.  We invite you to explore and use all the resources of BlackPast.

Explore African American History

Alfred Charles Sam
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Chief Alfred Charles Sam (ca. 1880 -1930s)
Clement Garrett Morgan
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Clement Garnett Morgan (1859-1929)
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Hartford, Connecticut Riot (1969)
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August Wilson (1945-2005)

Explore Global African History

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Ronald Noble (1956 -)
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Maseru, Lesotho (1869- )
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Nuruddin Farah (1945- )
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Herbert Macauley (1864-1946)

Perspectives in African American and Global African History

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Arkansas Pioneers in Flight: African Americans in Aviation from the Natural State, 1932 to 1953.
Migrant Mother Holds Her Baby, Maricopa County, Arizona, 1940
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In Praise of Mayme Clayton: Images of the African American West
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“The Yellow Rose of Texas”: The Ironic Origins of a Popular Song
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Is This Mary Bowser?: The Use and Misuse of Photographs to Reconstruct History

Special Features & Resources

101 African American Firsts
Genealogy Resources
Major African American Office Holders since 1641
STEM Innovators

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